Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a railroad clerk or token booth attendant, a class B felony, when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he knows to be a railroad clerk or token booth attendant engaged in the course of performing his official duties, he causes such injury by means of a deadly weapon when such weapon is a firearm.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9083
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 25, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. COOK, ORTIZ, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. COLTON, GALEF, HOOPER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
aggravated assault upon a railroad clerk or token booth attendant
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.08-a
to read as follows:
S 120.08-A AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A RAILROAD CLERK OR TOKEN BOOTH
ATTENDANT.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A RAILROAD CLERK OR
TOKEN BOOTH ATTENDANT WHEN, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
TO A PERSON WHOM HE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A RAILROAD
CLERK OR TOKEN BOOTH ATTENDANT ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING HIS
OFFICIAL DUTIES, HE CAUSES SUCH INJURY BY MEANS OF A DEADLY WEAPON WHEN
SUCH WEAPON IS A FIREARM.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A RAILROAD CLERK OR TOKEN BOOTH ATTENDANT IS A
CLASS B FELONY.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13582-01-6
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